{"id":47522,"date":"2011-06-27T22:38:54","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T02:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/47522\/die-2\/"},"modified":"2011-06-27T22:38:54","modified_gmt":"2011-06-28T02:38:54","slug":"die-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/47522\/die-2\/","title":{"rendered":"I AM NOT GOING TO DIE…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2026of starvation! <\/font><\/p>\n

Yup! Yup! For the first time since a tragic day in April of \u201810 when a company I had devoted 17 years of my adult life to decided that despite my exemplary performance, consistent great reviews and always going above and beyond the call of duty, they didn\u2019t want me anymore, I am reporting to work someplace tomorrow morning as an employee.<\/p>\n

This is a tremendous relief.\u00a0 Fourteen months of being unemployed has been a tremendous weight on my psyche.\u00a0 Although I took advantage of the largest bulk of that time to go back to school for a year, in all time, I had only one interview, and that for a job that paid me 1\/3rd of what I was making before and not something I would even consider taking.<\/p>\n

\"\"Today, that place I interviewed with last Friday called me with a job offer.\u00a0 They want me as a fulltime employee.\u00a0 I go in tomorrow for the paperwork and drug test. They offer excellent benefits, with only a 90 day waiting period.\u00a0 The pay\u2026 well\u2026 it\u2019s base plus commission, but I think I\u2019ll be making even more than I did at the place I worked 17 years.<\/p>\n

I have a new spring in my step.\u00a0 Having every place you apply for a job turn you down can be really demoralizing.\u00a0 Living on unemployment was possible, and has some advantages, but having little to nothing to do all day was really wearing on my self-esteem.\u00a0 Like many people in modernity, my job has always been part of how I see myself.\u00a0 Being a big-ticket appliance salesman isn\u2019t like being a doctor, lawyer or even a drug & alcohol counselor (although it pays better than that last one), but at least I\u2019ll be at, if not a little above, the median income for the country.<\/p>\n

\"\"Unemployment can crush your soul.\u00a0 It can beat down your very reasons for living.\u00a0 It can cause hopelessness, defeatism and feelings of worthlessness.\u00a0 I\u2019m just coming home from a quick trip to store to pick up a few things, and standing there, interacting with other RL humans for the first time since I heard the news this afternoon, I was overcome with a sense of belonging to something.\u00a0 I have returned to the wage-earning, tax-paying economic engine of our society, and I have a role in it that I know I\u2019m going to enjoy and thrive at.\u00a0 For the first time in over a year, my future has a certain degree of certainty.<\/p>\n

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhh
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